Complete De La Riva System in 7 Min

This video I go through my basic foundation for understanding the De La Riva Guard. This guard is critically important because it is one of the easiest grips to achieve and can transition to so many different attacks and positions. I first discuss the importance of the dlr hook and how it can be switched for string knee pressure. Then I go in to discussing the possible options you have depending on each grip you can establish.

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[David-dwiq]

Never heard of your or seen a video of yours. I was expecting for you to tell me to buy your instructional. Instead, you provided exactly what you said. Great video, great content, subbed and liked

[brianlilleyfilms]

Daaaamn! That was like a 1hr seminar in less than 7min. 🔥

[submityourfriendbjj]

You have a knack for distilling whole systems into simple parts. Great stuff, Jon!

[JoshTheGrappler]

7 minutes of quality yet again! Awesome thank you professor

[michaelkruppenbacher]

3:40 to 4:00 is exactly what I struggle with with most techniques. That was the best advice I’ve heard when it comes to concepts

[marthahernandez]

These video series are awesome! The way they are set up really help me learn! Can’t wait until I get to play with them on the mats 😆

[remoheugh]

O and let me just say, the grappling discourse podcast recommended your videos, and here I am watching. Just thought you'd like to know people out there really like what you're doing! Keep it up!

[josephbreza-grappling]

The details here are incredible. I wrestled for about 30 years (Middle school, HS, collegiate, and beyond) before I started Jiu Jitsu. I’ve got to be honest, these systems made no sense to me for at least the first year. One thing I didn’t see before in any of my training and drilling was how he lifts that leg with control on the pants when he pulls forward on the collar and transitions to X guard. I’ve got to drill that. I was missing that detail and would often get my leg stuck against his leg when trying to transition. I see now that I need to lift the leg to make that transition smoother. I was thinking I wasn’t bumping him forward enough, but now I don’t think that’s my problem.

[jordankilpatrick]

Thanks for these tutorials Jon. They're very well thought out and are really helpful. Your channel is definitely destined to grow big :)

[jt]

Thanks for the links! - I wouldn't have guessed how to spell Caio Terra.

[SbgCanadaSteve]

Insightful and comprehensive information. Fantastic.

[joagle]

Fantastic. Thank u. Simple, sweet, and short. Something I can build off to improve my de la riva guard

[vsnellman]

I’ve been away from training big for a few weeks, and this was a great refresher.

[marcusv.matossouza]

Thanks to sharing your knowledge with us, today I was able to do one of the guard advices that you explained in a video. Keep going my friend

[errcoche]

One of the best brains teaching BJJ. It's kind of obvious, once you make the point, that establishing initial grips is step one and that you have to literally go step by step, progressing from what you can initially get to better and better positions. It's clearly not that obvious though because most instructors don't explain this to their students.

[JamezAdam]

Nice one mate liking the broad overview style of instructional

[chrissackinger]

Fantastic content. As a white belt it’s fun to research and take in moves the rest of the class is not working on. Really enjoy the simple concise videos!! Keep up the amazing work 🙏

[tairram]

Awesome. The concept of the whole system always make my game improve. Thank you.

[harryb]

Just started bjj I'm a white belt just found your channel liked this video and subscribed 👍🏻

[phredbookley]

That was funny. I had a question about DLR then you got a full video on it. Of course! Jon Thomas on the job! :-)